Asking about Technical Debt: Characteristics and Automatic Identification of Technical Debt Questions on Stack Overflow
Nicholas Kozanidis, Roberto Verdecchia, Emitzá Guzmán
Abstract
Background: Q&A sites allow to study how users reference and request support on technical debt. To date only few studies, focusing on narrow aspects, investigate technical debt on Stack Overflow.
Topics & Concepts
Technical debtDebtStack (abstract data type)Computer scienceIdentification (biology)Technical analysisAccountingBusinessFinanceOperating systemBotanySoftware developmentBiologySoftwareSoftware Engineering ResearchAdvanced Text Analysis TechniquesSpam and Phishing Detection